Question

guided practice
throughout the poem, the raven utters only
evermore.\ how does the repetition of this word affect the speaker?
a. it convinces him that the raven is insane.
b. it proves to him that the raven is not real.
c. it agitates him more each time the raven speaks.
d. it persuades him to think the raven is lenore.

Explanation:

In Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven, the repeated "Nevermore" escalates the speaker's distress and agitation with each utterance, as it cruelly dashes his hopes of relief or answers about his lost Lenore, rather than convincing him of the raven's insanity, unreality, or that it is Lenore.

Answer:

C. It agitates him more each time the raven speaks.